Q8, PMS SEND TO THOSE WITH ISSUES BLF soda can light

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14705

Where for that price? I've been look'n and look'n. Need 3-4 chargers. Best deal I could find in BG at $72 for 3, thats $24 each using 4BLF coupon.

14706

~$21 with adaper:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Liitokala-Lii-NL4-Lii-500-Lii-200-Lii-100-rechargeable-1-2V-AA-AAA-Ni-MH/1000004156053.html
or
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Liitokala-Lii-500-LCD-3-7V-18650-18350-18500-16340-17500-25500-10440-14500-26650/32805490592.html

~$17 without
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Liitokala-lii-400-display-LED-carregador-para-1-2-V-3-V-3-7-V-4/32826081888.html

14707

That’s Murphy’s law for deals… they only show up when you don’t need them - and have already blown your budget. :person_facepalming:

14708

Ok, ordered 4 of these, full set, for total of $85. The US/EU adapter thing is a bit sketchy there but looks ok from the pics. Should have ordered these weeks ago :FACEPALM:

14709

Yes, apparently it is TT.
I was pleasantly surprised. :slight_smile: Thanks for the link also… good reading.

Here is another link that goes into some other types & grades of Stainless that has some good info also… http://www.sppusa.com/stainlesssteel_overview.php

14710

I bought my Lii-500 from them and they sent me a EU adapter (I live in Canada). There was no option to select the adapter so i was thinking they would send the adapter according to my country, but they didn’t. You might want to send them a message to make sure they send you the US adapter.

14711

My BLF Q8 order history:
Submitted 9/7/17
Payment Confirmed 9/7/17
Processed 9/7/17
Sometime after that it went to “Back-order”
Then… Shipped 9/28/17

I’m assuming during that production halt anyone that hadn’t had their light shipped out wouldn’t be receiving one before the Sideswitch LED issue was looked into and would receive a post fixed one? Hopefully we can get some “patch notes” after chinese holiday and some sort of maybe version number differentiation in the boxes so we know they are a post fix unit without digging into it. I know that wonderful in-depth guide was posted which allows us to look into everything and making sure it is functioning as intended but maybe for a peace of mind there will be a way to tell right off the bat if it’s a unit that slipped through the cracks or was post patch.

Anxious to receive my unit in the next few days! I’m much more excited than I am worried at this point though!

14712

PSA: DO NOT DO THIS without isolating one side of the battery.
Didn’t even consider it a few years ago when I wanted to measure the length of a cell. No real damage, bit it did get exciting for a second.

OOPS

14713

That’s what plastic calipers are for. :wink:

14714

Has anyone with a 30 digit tracking number been able to find tracking information anywhere? Just curious.

Thanks

14715

I see the Liitokala is popular… I use an Xtar wp6… I read that it was a good charger in terms of performance…

Is there a charger that does as good a job but is 8-10 or even 12 bay….? Or at the point do people just get multiple chargers?

14716

The Enova Gyrfalcon is an 8 bay charger that does a good job. I have two Enova All-80 8 bay’s and the Gyrfalcon. And several XTAR’s. And the Opus. And an Efest 6 bay. And…

I can charge at least 39 cells at a time. :wink:

14717

Tried all the methods suggested by the good folks here with no luck. Pics of the second batch in the wild lead me to believe it shouldn’t be too long till ours show up.

14718

Of my 3, one is being played with at the Hong Kong Airport and the good people in the Chinese postal community are testing my other two, prior to letting the Airport personnel have their go. :wink:

14719

Nice. I don’t know if my similar looking case I had already forgotten about is the exact same(bought separately, don’t have the SC01), but it will actually fit two sets of spare cells packed in the Nitecore NBM40 holders. I’ll check if it also fits the Q8 with them later on, I left the Q8 in my car. :person_facepalming:

14720

I got a 20 digit also tied up being sorted in HK for 2 days, and one 30 digit with no clue how to trace it, message left with BG bout it and no answer yet.

14721

i doubt there will be any clue in packaging. From pics who recv'd the new ones, should be able to tell easily by the screws holding down the driver - 1st batch had flat heads, 2nd batch has round panheads - thinks that's what they are called. Screws seen under the tailcap were changed the same way.

14722

Depends if the cell has a raise bottom or not
Samsung18650 cells have the heat shrink tube covering the minus if you don’t pus the calipers hard

Steel is not a good conductor so it wont harm too bad

14723

It won’t probably be that dangerous, but not a pleasant surprise either. It’s easy to short a cell when trying to measure even if it’s wrapped around the edges on negative end.

Using some tape or a piece of flat plastic is quite easy with the digital caliper pictured above, even if you want to be super accurate. Just isolate the ends, zero, and measure.

14724

Steel doesn’t conduct as well as copper, but those calipers are thick enough it’d be like the equivalent of a zero-gauge copper wire. It should easily be able to damage the cell if held like that for long.

If anyone thinks steel isn’t a good conductor, try laying a wrench across a car battery. :stuck_out_tongue: (or, actually, don’t… unless you want to destroy both items and risk injury)